The last and only time that
Akshay Kumar and
Ashwairya Rai have worked together was in
Rajkumar Santoshi’s hard-hitting
Khakee which did fairly well at the
box-office. One will have to wait and watch if the duo can do an
‘action replay’ of their past success this time around.
Vipul Shah is currently busy wrapping up his ambitious project
London Dreams, but that hasn’t deterred him from announcing his next film.
Vipul’s next will star
Akshay Kumar and
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles. Though there were rumors earlier that the film is titled Action Replay,
Vipul is yet to confirm the final title. While
Akshay Kumar has been a favorite with
Vipul Shah (
Waqt-A Race Against Time ,
Aankhen,
Namastey London,
Singh Is Kinng) this is the first time that the filmmaker would be working with
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
The film will also star
Randhir Kapoor who would be seen on the silver screen after a hiatus of 6 years (
Armaan in 2001).
Randhir apparently plays a scientist in this time-travel tale. The movie’s shooting is expected to begin this month and it might release by the end of 2009.
Akshay and
Shah have already worked together in a number of films, but a concept as unique as
‘Action Replay’ is the first time they are venturing into unexplored avenues.
Just prior to this Rajkumar Santoshi had announced a project with Abhishek Bachchan and Katrina Kaif besides. Rajkumar Santoshi, after making successful hit 'Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani', worked on a film called 'Power' with Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor. This film has now been put on hold because of date problems. We really look forward that sometime stars would work in favour of the director and we would again see Abhi and Aish sharing the screen space…